March 2, 2023: Finished testing for our study!
We finished data collection for our study, Moral Explanations, led by Alexa Sacchi, a graduate student in our lab. In this study, we are...
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November 1, 2022: Began Piloting a New Study!
Today, we began testing for a new study led by Ashley Ransom. In this research, we are interested to understand children's beliefs about...
July 16, 2022: Began Piloting a New Study!
Today, we began testing for a new study led by Ece Özkan. We are curious about how children examine the reliability of the information...
July 9, 2022: Began Testing for a New Study!
Today, we began testing for a new study in collaboration with Daniil Serko, a researcher from Berlin, Germany. This study investigates...
June 9, 2022: Finished testing for our study!
We finished data collection for our study led by Dr. Brandon Goulding, a post-doctoral fellow in our lab. In this study, we are looking...
April 11, 2022: Began Testing for a New Study!
Today, we began testing for a new study led by Luis de la Viña. Previous research shows that both emotional valence (e.g. feeling happy...
November 23, 2021: Testing Complete for "Possible and Impossible Events" Study
We are thrilled to share that after several months of hard work, we have officially completed the testing phase of our study, "Possible...
July 19, 2021: Started Piloting for a New Study!
Today we began piloting for our new study! This study is conducted over zoom. With the ongoing pandemic as well as all the talk about...
March 10, 2021: Started Piloting for a New Study!
Today we started piloting for a new study. In this study, we pose different scenarios to children and adults, and ask them whether they...
December 22, 2020: Began Testing for a New Study!
Today we began testing our second online study! This study is conducted over zoom and involves showing children videos and pictures, then...
September 4, 2020: Began Piloting for a New Study!
Today we began testing for our first online study! This study is conducted over Zoom and involves showing children pictures and asking...
April 1, 2020: Dr. Ronfard discusses his research findings in UofT Magazine.
"One of the most powerful things about having someone contradict you is that you can then have a conversation about your respective...
January 30, 2020: Began Testing for a New Study!
Today we started testing for a new study. This study involves testing undergraduates and children to see how quickly they lose trust in...
September 21, 2019: Began Piloting Another Study.
Chelsea, an RA in our lab, is doing a thesis this semester with Dr. Ronfard. They are replicating a study done by Bonawitz, Schindel,...
September 21, 2019: Began Piloting for a New Study.
This is a follow-up to Ronfard, Chen and Harris's (2017) study, which looked at children's testing of counter-intuitive claims. The study...
September 21, 2019: Began testing for a new study!
Today we began testing for a new study that looks at whether confirmation bias exists in children, whether it develops with age, and...
June 28, 2019: Began testing for a new study!
This summer we are testing children ages five to seven in collaboration with UTM's Child Language and Speech Studies Lab. This study...
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